tourist

So today, my mom, sister and I decided to be tourist oin downtown Charleston. We took one of the carriage tours and learned about the history of the city. It was pretty cool and fairly interesting. I am not big into history but i would like to know more about the city that I am going to be living in. Books and tours here i come. Afterwards we went walking around and then had lunch at this little place on a side street which was pretty good. Charleston has a ton of restuarants so there is NO way you will go hungry and have a craving go unfulfilled here. I am anxious to try them all but unfortuinately that will have to wait till i get a job. Speaking of jobs i did apply for 2 jobs while walking around. I applied at a mom and pop bakery/coffee shop type store. The pay is minimum wage but it seemed to be a cool atmosphere and reminded me of working for Bernadette at GNC. I also applied for a hostess position at a restuarant down there as well. I would LOVE to work doing the tours but as of now they are not hiring so i guess we will have to see. I am also super excited to get to know the paranormal side of Charleston, so wish me luck on that! Now I am looking online for jobs and on Monday I will be contacting the temp agencies to see what they can find for me. I think I will also go walking around and see what i can find there. There is a road a little bit away from where we live that is like McKnight Road so going to go walking and driving around there and see what I can find.

Another day...

So today is the first day i started getting homesick...not sure if i am please it took me almost a week or sad it took less then a week. I think part of the reason is the apartment my sister and i are in is REALLY small for 4 people. Works fine for the 2 of us but when my parents start getting on my nerves i have no where to go. At home i could go in another room or go to one of my friends house or if anything it was time for work and i had to leave anyways. Well i don't have that luxery here. I don't have a job as of yet so no where to go and my money is slowly disappearing so i can't even get out of the apt for a little bit to get away from it all. I really don't know how i will last a year or 2 as of this point. I know once i get a job and start making friends here it will be easier but right now i really really miss everyone at home and i really miss my dog...at least at home when i was upset if i really didn't have anyone i would curl up with Iggy and just cry into her fur or at least cuddle with her. I swear a smile or a thump/wag of the tail was the best feeling in the world when you are down in the dumps.

I just keep saying i'll be home in October at the latest to see everyone, and I CAN'T WAIT!!!

spooky

So i have been here a little under a week, the boxes are still not unpacked (mostly b/c i need to buy a few furniture items and my sister is at work) so we are unable to unpack everything. My mom was pretty much going crazy with all of the boxes around but we got the living room pretty much where we wanted and now i think my mom can relax and enjoy herself. I am hoping she does b/c i am starting to get annoyed b/c of the close quarters. At least my sister gets away from them for a few hours.

Well i am still looking for a job...this really sucks b/c i don't want to just do anything but at this point i will do anything to make some money. Once my parents leave and i can fully look into it i am going to start calling the temp agencies and see what they can find me. I would LOVE to work in the tourist section of town, being a tour guide or something. How fun would that be! Oh well we'll see, it may be that you can only get jobs like that through the temp agencies. I will keep you updated on the job front.

Fun news though, i got to see Jess last night, she is down visiting her brother and sister-in-law and so last night, her, my mom and i went into town and did the ghost tour that revolved around the jail. It was really cool but too short, our tour guide was fun, but he was saying that when the tours are all over that he would have to lock up the jail himself...yeah NO THANK YOU! lol I have an over-active imagination as it is so that would probably put me in a tailspin. hehe

Hoping to be able to enjoy the spookier side of Charleston!

I'm Here...

So I'm officially moved into my new apartment in Charleston Sc. I am living in a complex called Plantation Oaks in West Ashley. So far so good. It is a cute little "neighborhood" and we are living on the first floor of an 8 apt. building. We are living in the back so it is a little more private then the front ones. At least when we look out of the window we see trees and grass and not cars and parking lots.

We got down here after a BORING boring roadtrip; it took us 12 and a half hours to get here. Granted it is because we had a moving van as well but we were literally on 6 roads the entire time, and that includes the side roads at the beginning and end of the trip. When i go travel back home i will most certainly be looking into flights! Well anyways we get here and start unloading and bringing stuff into the house. Sunday was a lot of the same thing. The only thing we were not able to get into the house was Sarah's red couch as it was raining pretty much all day on Sunday so we had to wait till today to get it in.

The house is coming a long nicely. I don't feel like i am going to be living here in for the next couple of years though...i feel like i am on vacation but with out the tourist part of it. We haven't done much sightseeing as of yet but hopefully tomorrow we can start doing that!

I haven't had a chance to miss my friends as of yet, which is good b/c that is really going to suck, especially when i am home all day b/c i don't have a job...friends without jobs in Pgh please get ready for some phone calls home b/c i will be making them!!

Will write more about the city and stuff after i get a chance to explore and get out, mostly we have seen the McKnight Road areas of our town b/c we have needed stuff for the house. Also once I get my computer up (i am using my sister's laptop) i will be putting up the pics of our apt and such.